Re: Re: claws

A couple years ago, Sugar took one of the cannas in that shade bed where
she naps on the North side of the house, and pulled it over to make a
canopy over her favorite spot. She didn't break it or hurt it, she just
bent it over (I watched her do this, thought she was after a bug or
something) and then got underneath it, inspected her handiwork, and
promptly conked out for an hour. It stayed that way the rest of the
season (until I cut them down in December). I like to tell that story to
people who think animals are dumb. That's a laugh. Who's home playing
and sleeping and who just drove 25 miles in the rain to come to work??
The DUMB one is at work. I've got a picture of Sugar's "cannapy"

somewhere. If I can find it, I'll send it to Donna to post. She's pretty
good about staying off of the plants, unless they're little seedlings.
Those I have to watch....


---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: "Kitty" <kmrsy@comcast.net>
Reply-To: gardenchat@hort.net
Date:  Wed, 8 Oct 2003 23:36:17 -0500

>I try to explain that to people who worry about cats getting in their
>gardens.  They like comfort and generally don't lay on anything that's
>evident.  Shimmy spends all his time under ferns, hostas and peonies - I
>think he thinks it's a jungle.  Of course you'll also find him perched atop
>my car roof - he likes the soft top - so he can survey the area.  If
>something is tiny, I put a little fence around it or lay fencing down so
>they won't paw the area, until the plant is sizable enough for them to
>realize it's there - and then they don't bother it.  And Theresa mentioned
>rose-prunings - smart idea.  I don't have many roses but I use those too.
>
>Kitty
>
>----- Original Message ----- 
>From: <Zemuly@aol.com>
>To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
>Sent: Wednesday, October 08, 2003 9:25 PM
>Subject: Re: [CHAT] Re: claws
>
>
>> In a message dated 10/8/2003 6:49:53 PM Central Standard Time,
>> kmrsy@comcast.net writes:
>> I actually agree with keeping animals in, but it's not practical for
>> me.
>> I sure isn't practical for me, either. <LOL> I have eleven in the house
>and
>> the other 19 are outside (16 here and 3 at an unoccupied house around the
>> corner).  The outside ones all seem to sleep in groups in their houses or
>> straw-filled boxes -- pretty cute sight.  This year they have cracked me
>up in the
>> flower bed.  Since the perennial border beside the driveway has all tall
>woody
>> plants plus some catnip.  The cats have made "tunnels" through the plants
>so they
>> can nap in the shade, and they haven't broken anything -- good babies.
>> zem
>> zone 7
>> West TN
>>
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Pam Evans
Kemp TX/zone 8A



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